ecmoRandomNumbers:strangeluck: I don't know if I believe in heaven or hell, but for people like Westboro members, I really hope there is a hell. Cause they deserve to be roasting in it.

Forget about heaven and hell, I'd just like to see some karma. Is that too much to ask?

Not at all. Karma like, such as seeing a major trolling of them, involving them genuinely believing that everyone they ever harassed or tormented was coming to beat the shiat out of them with rusty hammers and shovels, and then using those shovels to bury them in unmarked graves.

/maybe a little harsh, but these people truly disgust me.

Actually, they may already think that in a way. They troll to incite fear, but are too cowardly to actually show up anymore.

ecmoRandomNumbers:strangeluck: I don't know if I believe in heaven or hell, but for people like Westboro members, I really hope there is a hell. Cause they deserve to be roasting in it.

Forget about heaven and hell, I'd just like to see some karma. Is that too much to ask?

If you want karma, go to Reddit. The real world doesn't work that way, and what's more, you should be thankful the WBC is "allowed" to protest, because it still gives a faint glimmer of hope that free speech isn't dead. Of course, I'm not convinced a group that didn't call themselves Christian would be allowed free speech with identical acts, but still.

Free speech is protected and all, but aren't they passing online bullying laws now? I wonder how this could be interpreted gi ven it is not their traditional arena, and appears less protest and more just taking fun in creating misery.

Elandriel:Free speech is protected and all, but aren't they passing online bullying laws now? I wonder how this could be interpreted gi ven it is not their traditional arena, and appears less protest and more just taking fun in creating misery.

strangeluck:ecmoRandomNumbers: strangeluck: I don't know if I believe in heaven or hell, but for people like Westboro members, I really hope there is a hell. Cause they deserve to be roasting in it.

Forget about heaven and hell, I'd just like to see some karma. Is that too much to ask?

Not at all. Karma like, such as seeing a major trolling of them, involving them genuinely believing that everyone they ever harassed or tormented was coming to beat the shiat out of them with rusty hammers and shovels, and then using those shovels to bury them in unmarked graves.

/maybe a little harsh, but these people truly disgust me.

Actually, they may already think that in a way. They troll to incite fear, but are too cowardly to actually show up anymore.

I know it's mean to say, but if he really felt he had to do something like this, why didn't the shooter go to Westboro Baptist movie night instead of the Aurora cineplex?

I wonder what they'd be saying then. Would they consider it was God's will that something terrible happened to them? Or (more predictably) they'd say that God's enemies are many and are trying to stop their good work.

Please talk to your staff - don't greenlight anymore WBC threads. Let the 1st Amendment live long and prosper, but let's not give the AW of WBC the attention they crave. If you want to see their behavior change, ignore them - send the message that this is NOT acceptable.

You know, I was struck by the senselessness of this shooting, and even though i don't know the victims personally, or the survivors, i felt a deep sense of sadness and empathy not only for the slain, but the wounded and their families. Once denial is over for them, they try to make sense of this crime, it's what we do, we look for some reason, some logic that would put this kind of tragedy in its place in our minds. But sadly, there is no sense, nowhere you can shove this incident and file it away under "oh..ok..that makes sense now."

To use this tragedy for a political or religious slant is beyond trolling, it's inhuman. If you have noticed, even the politicians have not jumped on the "OMG...GET RID OF ALL GUNS" platform. Because they would be vilified by the public for using this for a personal agenda for their beliefs, and people don't forget that shiat. It's not the guns fault this person did this..it was his insanity. If it had not been a gun, it would have been a bomb, or something else.

This "church" is a small group of attention whores, who HOPE someone does something to them, that they would then be able to take to court and sue. They crave attention and cash, and that is all, and aren't above doing or saying anything to get it. Deny them this. Ignore them and they will fade away eventually.

That being said, my families hearts go out to the victims and their families, and we hope that time will heal them. I hope that quick and fair justice is done to the shooter.

But seriously--here's a way to diffuse their trolling. Tack on a little news scene in any big movie where crowds are gathered, like say a big spaceship came down like in Independence Day. Everyone is out staring at it--common people, ranks of police, the military is on standby, and of course a lot of people are holding up gay protest signs. The movie news announcer just casually mention the WBC is there too. No surprise, no condemnation in his voice--they're just part of the scene as expected.

Have a few mainstream movies where they're just depicted as the expected participants in the crowds. Eventually, they'll be perceived just like the Hare Krishna guys at the airports in the 70's--just a big joke. It will be the same as if they were showing up at real events dressed as Ghostbusters or a bunch of Muppets or as a band of Jawas.

Bit'O'Gristle:This "church" is a small group of attention whores, who HOPE someone does something to them, that they would then be able to take to court and sue.

In fact, yes. The WBC is at the ragged edge of free speech. The kind that nobody really wants to hear, but what we all know we must permit to prevent infringements from encroaching upon us all.

Bit'O'Gristle:They crave attention and cash, and that is all, and aren't above doing or saying anything to get it. Deny them this. Ignore them and they will fade away eventually.

They have limits. When they know there's a good chance of grievous bodily harm (read: torn limb from limb and roasted over their own signs), they sit it out. The best thing that you can do is to exercise your inalienable right to ignore them. And yes, if the media treated their arrival/griping as the non-event that it is, they would shrivel up and become less of a thorn in people's sides...or, even better, violate the rights of someone else and have a lawsuit tossed their way.

Please talk to your staff - don't greenlight anymore WBC threads. Let the 1st Amendment live long and prosper, but let's not give the AW of WBC the attention they crave. If you want to see their behavior change, ignore them - send the message that this is NOT acceptable.

Thanks,

Alassra

"I like the First Amendment, but I don't want THOSE people using it. They're nasty. Thanks!"

what's odd is that a huge part of their MO is to piss people off until someone slugs them, then they act like a European soccer player, rolling on the ground and screaming as though someone clubbed them with a tire iron....pause to savour the thought....and we're back, and then sue everyone. And I mean everyone, the aggressor, the cops, the city. It's a large part of their funding.